In another thread you wrote:> One note: The "cloud" CRAN server is nowadays reachable as > > https://cloud.r-project.org > > and that is now the preferred URL.Should I understand from this that it is considered advisable that I use this URL as my default repository for downloading R and contributed packages from CRAN? Rather than making use of my "local mirror" (in my case http://cran.stat.auckland.ac.nz)? I have set options(repos="https://cloud.r-project.org") in my .Rprofile, and everything seems to work, and go like a train. Are there any disadvantages to so doing? cheers, Rolf -- Technical Editor ANZJS Department of Statistics University of Auckland Phone: +64-9-373-7599 ext. 88276
> On 17 Jan 2016, at 05:07 , Rolf Turner <r.turner at auckland.ac.nz> wrote: > > > In another thread you wrote: > >> One note: The "cloud" CRAN server is nowadays reachable as >> >> https://cloud.r-project.org >> >> and that is now the preferred URL. > > Should I understand from this that it is considered advisable that I use this URL as my default repository for downloading R and contributed packages from CRAN? Rather than making use of my "local mirror" (in my case http://cran.stat.auckland.ac.nz)?No, not necessarily. It just means that the cloud service now has an official name as an R-project server. The main issue is that the name no longer implies a reliance on Rstudio as a company, nor can it be interpreted as advertisment of their services. (Rstudio still pioneered the service and, at least for now, also provides the infrastructure, and they deserve a lot of thanks for that. It was just that people were being apprehensive about using Rstudio services without using their products and about the long-term reliability of infrastructure rooted in a single commercial company.) - Peter D.> > I have set > > options(repos="https://cloud.r-project.org") > > in my .Rprofile, and everything seems to work, and go like a train. Are there any disadvantages to so doing? > > cheers, > > Rolf > > -- > Technical Editor ANZJS > Department of Statistics > University of Auckland > Phone: +64-9-373-7599 ext. 88276 > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.-- Peter Dalgaard, Professor, Center for Statistics, Copenhagen Business School Solbjerg Plads 3, 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark Phone: (+45)38153501 Office: A 4.23 Email: pd.mes at cbs.dk Priv: PDalgd at gmail.com
On 17/01/16 23:51, peter dalgaard wrote:>>> On 17 Jan 2016, at 05:07 , Rolf Turner <r.turner at auckland.ac.nz> >> wrote: >> >> >> In another thread you wrote: >> >>> One note: The "cloud" CRAN server is nowadays reachable as >>> >>> https://cloud.r-project.org >>> >>> and that is now the preferred URL. >> >> Should I understand from this that it is considered advisable that >> I use this URL as my default repository for downloading R and >> contributed packages from CRAN? Rather than making use of my >> "local mirror" (in my case http://cran.stat.auckland.ac.nz)? > > No, not necessarily. It just means that the cloud service now has an > official name as an R-project server. The main issue is that the name > no longer implies a reliance on Rstudio as a company, nor can it be > interpreted as advertisment of their services. > > (Rstudio still pioneered the service and, at least for now, also > provides the infrastructure, and they deserve a lot of thanks for > that. It was just that people were being apprehensive about using > Rstudio services without using their products and about the long-term > reliability of infrastructure rooted in a single commercial > company.)Okay, gottit. Thanks Peter. cheers, Rolf -- Technical Editor ANZJS Department of Statistics University of Auckland Phone: +64-9-373-7599 ext. 88276